Daniel Olerum

Daniel "Erfan" Olerum
Personal information
Full name Daniel Okechukwu Olerum
Date of birth (1983-03-13) 13 March 1983
Place of birth Lagos, Nigeria
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 12 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
Al-Shabab
Youth career
2001–2004 University of Nigeria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2005 Pasargad 31 (28)
2005–2006 Foolad 11 (0)
2006–2009 Aboomoslem 90 (26)
2009–2011 Tractor Sazi 20 (0)
2011 Gostaresh 11 (4)
2011–2012 Aboomoslem 20 (2)
2013 Sloboda Užice 6 (0)
2013-2014 Al-Wehdat 7 (0)
2014- Al-Shabab

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Daniel "Erfan" Okechukwu Olerum (born 13 March 1983 in Lagos) is a Nigerian-born Iranian football striker.

Club career

Olerum currently plays for Al-Wehdat in Jordan Premier League. His previous clubs were Pasargadae F.C., Foolad F.C., Tractor Sazi F.C., Gostaresh Foolad F.C., FK Sloboda Užice and F.C. Aboomoslem.

In August 2004, Olerum signed with Foolad F.C.. After making only 11 appearances and scoring no goals for Foolad FC in the IPL 2005/06 season, he decided to go to F.C. Aboomoslem, another Premier League side where he would go on to enjoy great success. He has managed to win the best IPL 2006/07 forward award after having scored 17 goals for Aboomoslem, But in the next two season with Aboomoslem he only 9 goals together and could perform as well as before. He moved to Teraktor Sazi in 2009 and again had couple of unsuccessful seasons with Traktor Sazi where he didn't even score one goal. Finally in the middle of the 2010–2011 season he moved to Gostaresh Foolad in Azadegan League.

On 23 July 2011, He Joined Aboomoslem.[1]

In 2013 he joined Serbian SuperLiga side Sloboda Uzice.

On 22 July 2013, He Joined Al-Wehdat for 70,000 dollars comprehensive provider contract and monthly salaries for one season.

Club areer

Club performance League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Iran League Hazfi Cup Asia Total
2004–05 Pasargad Division 2 312812--3230
2005–06 Foolad Pro League1100000110
2006–07Aboomoslem 271710--2817
2007–0833520--355
2008–0930420--324
2009–10Tractor Sazi 18000--180
201020112010--30
Gostaresh Division 111400--114
2011–12Aboomoslem20200--202
Serbia League Serbian Cup Europe Total
2012–13Sloboda UžicePro League6000--60
Jordan League Jordan FA Cup Asia Total
2013–14Al-WehdatPro League7052--122
Total Iran 18360720019062
Total Serbia 6000--60
Total Jordan 7052--122
Career total 196601240020864

International career

He aspires to play for Nigeria in the 2014 FIFA World Cup. He has also expressed his wish to play for the Iranian national football team.

Honours

Individual

Personal life

Quotes

"All I needed was just a chance to show what I could do, and Iran provided me with that opportunity" – On his move to Iran

"You know the death of my best friend Sam Okoye affected my game a lot, but now I am happy to be in the news for the right reasons, it came against the biggest team in Iran and I am grateful for my teammates' efforts as well. The fact that the three goals came in the space of twenty minutes left everyone stunned."- Talking about his Hat-trick

References

  1. http://khorasan.isna.ir/Default.aspx?NSID=5&SSLID=46&NID=13853

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Iran Reza Enayati
Persian Gulf Cup top scorer
2006–07
Succeeded by
Iran Hadi Asghari
Iran Mohsen Khalili
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